Dateless on Valentine’s Day? Well, I can say that you’re not alone and obviously, you’re not the only one. It is not necessary to have a date. So what if you’re dateless? So what if you’re single? It was never even mentioned in any law that each one of us is required to have a date on that day. Right? On the contrary, if you really wanted a date so badly, you can just date your friends or even your family. Just not that person you call “special someone” because obviously, you don’t have one. :P
Hey! Don’t be depressed just because you don’t have a Valentine date. It isn’t that bad. Yes, sometimes, you get kinda envy when you see couples, especially guys who give flowers, chocolates, and whatsoever to their girls on their dates, monthsaries, anniversaries, Valentine’s Day, and in many other occasions (and girls being sweet to their guys) because you also want to feel what it’s like to be in their position; to have, and be a lover yourself. Yeah, I know. I get that feeling too sometimes. But that doesn’t mean you have zero love life and you’re loveless! Well, maybe for now. Don’t think like it’s the end of the world for you just because you’re single, dateless, and doesn’t have a “special someone” this coming Valentine’s. Ugh. Don’t over-react. Don’t pressure and stress yourself too much on those things. You’ll get older and have wrinkles (or worse). Just kidding. Just don’t let yourself be mistaken by Mr. WrongforMr. Right(orMs. WrongforMs. Right). :)
Just let things be for now. Time will come. Who knows? Maybe next Valentine’s Day, you’ll have that “special someone” already. You’ll finally get to know what it feels like to love, and be loved by that “special someone” you’re longing for so long. Remember, everything worth having is worth waiting.;)
‘One wit, like a knuckle of ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage’. ~ From The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771)
Happy 300th Birthday to the delightful Scottish author Tobias Smollett (1721-1771)!
Smollett, whose literary output included plays, poetry, travel narratives and such wonderfully picaresque novels as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748) and The Adventures of Peregrin Pickle (1751), was a great influence on later writers such as Charles Dickens. George Orwell referred to him as, 'Scotland’s best novelist’.
Shown here is a selection of Smollett’s books - some in their first edition - from the Turnbull Library’s Rare Books and Fine Printing Collection.
Today is my book birthday! Terrific Tails: Stories From A Pet Guardian is 2 years old today! How time flies! Or scampers. Or gallops. Depending on the pet of your choosing. This book was a lifetime in the making for me – from the day I wrote my first short story about a seal at the age of 6, to 34 years later when I clicked the ‘publish’ button on my book. And I’m not done yet!
I just want to take this moment to thank all the people who helped me and encouraged me and bought my book – all of you, Thank You! But especially to my older brother, my sister, my dad, my friends Megan & Kate, my eldest nephew. And, of course, my Grandma Ava.
Grandma, *your* book turns 2 years old today! Eat some cake for me, would ya?
- Adie Weston, author
(You can still buy Terrific Tails: Stories From A Pet Guardian on Amazon in both ebook and paperback. It’d make a great Valentine’s present for any book or pet lover).
It’s my kissy-monster’s Gotcha Day! One year ago today Sis brought Diggle home! It seems like so much longer, like he’s been here years. I was so worried at first, he was so anxious & wouldn’t engage with me at all. I wondered if he’d fit in. I needn’t have worried. He fits here just perfectly, like a missing puzzle piece. Happy Gotcha Day to my Diggle Wiggle! You’re my poopy-puppy forever.
It was 10 years ago today that I looked down at the pills laid out in front of me and made a life-altering decision. I had been trying for months to scale back, ween myself, anything I could to get off of the pills. I talked to someone in my family who had gone through something similar for advice. But no matter what I did, I just seemed to keep digging myself into a bigger hole. I couldn’t call my doctor out of fear of being blacklisted for any future medications that I might, and most definitely would, need as my degenerative disease got worse. But I needed to do something. I *had* to do something. I was staring down a very black hole.
On this day 10 years ago a little voice inside of me spoke up and told me that the next choice I made was going to be between my future and my end. My life and my death. And so I chose.
Last time there was a Wednesday the 28th of October, I was wheeled into Harrogate’s ICU around alf past three and bled to death on an Endo table either side of midnight… So I would have preferred any other day this week for eye-stabbing at Harrogate this afternoon.
But I went, and the right eye remains stable, and the left has improved to have markedly less fluid in it; that’s the whole point of doing the thing, of course, but the tone seemed to imply that it was bigger improvement than the usual step, so that’s good. So they did the thing, and next time will be mid December.
The appointment was at quarter to two, so I was coming out of the place at the time when I was going in five years ago…. I mentioned the anniversary to the docs doing the thing today, and one said ‘so every day’s a blessing since, then’. To which I pointed out that if I hadn’t been revived I’d have missed Brexit and Trump and that wouldn’t have been a downside.
Now I just have to wake up safely tomorrow morning to be confident that the five year expiry date for the cause that I found on the internet when I got home five years ago is indeed as bollocks as the majority of my brain has been trying to tell the vocal minority for pretty much that whole five years.
We know that on 11/11/2009 UtaPri “unofficially Started” because of the fact that was when the first Audition released right? that was Otoya/Tokiya. I know that in 2019 (around the time Maji Love Kingdom started in theaters) Agematsu mentioned UtaPri was 10 years old…MIGHT be off that but I seem to remember that tweet
on 6/24 is when we officially recognize as “UtaPri Day” because that is when the first official game released so again…that is fine
How the hell does HEAVENS get 7/7? Like okay I get that there are 7 Members but I am always still arguing about this because of the fact that HEAVENS had 2 debuts
6/6 and 6/27
6/6 which is when the episode called “Crystal Time” aired in Japan and then we got the “Original Trio” to debut right? Okay so officially it should be then right?
Well wait because there was the end of Season 3
That was on 6/27 (I remember this fondly because this was the first time that they ever officially said “SEE YOU NEXT SEASON” which never happened before) so one WOULD think then right?
Like I said its just WEIRD because 7/7 is still like 2 weeks or so after the Anniversary for “UtaPri” (why HEAVENS isn’t just lumped in with UtaPri is weird to me because from a marketing standpoint separating them hasn’t ACTUALLY worked but I’ll get into that later today) so there is no real hype ever done for their Anniversary. I’ve never seen people really speculate what they are gonna do for it on twitter so WHY they even do it (and again I’ll talk about this more later today) is just ODD
The date that was picked HAD to mean something but for some reason 7/7 is the most arbitrary date that could have been picked and I have no earthly idea WHY!
Later today: “UtaPri’s weird marketing of HEAVENS and why it hurt them more than anyone wants to acknowledge” (yes this title will be trimmed somehow I promise)
